Questions on Arrays

[Sanjeev Narula]

Question 1)

1. class Dims {
2. public static void main(String[] args) {
3. int[][] a = {{1,2,}, {3,4}};
4. int[] b = (int[]) a[1];
5. Object o1 = a;
6. int[][] a2 = (int[][]) o1;
7. int[] b2 = (int[]) o1;
8. System.out.println(b[1]);
9. } }

Question 2)

1. class Zippy {
2. String[] x;
3. int[] a [] = {{1,2}, {1}};
4. Object c = new long[4];
5. Object[] d = x;
6. }



What is the result in these cases?

I could not figure out the assignment operators used in these questions. can any one explain ..
thanks in advance

[Sanjeev Narula]

The output for first question is "exception is thrown at runtime"


the out put for second question is "Compilation succeeds."


Can any one explain

[Prasad Shindikar]

Object o1 = a;

for the first question you will get an error here
it should not be a runtime exception
you must get an compile time exception since cannot convert from int[][] to Object
[ March 26, 2007: Message edited by: Prasad Shindikar ]

[Rakesh Ne]

Originally posted by Prasad Shindikar:
Object o1 = a;

for the first question you will get an error here
it should not be a runtime exception
you must get an compile time exception since cannot convert from int[][] to Object

[ March 26, 2007: Message edited by: Prasad Shindikar ]

All Arrays are Objects first. So that should be possible.Infact

int[][] a;

(o instanceOf Object)

returns true ;

[Amit Wadhwaa]

The exception should be thrown here afaik:
int[] b2 = (int[]) o1;

[Sanjeev Narula]

Actually answer which i have given are right..Because i have taken these questions and answers from SCJP book by Katherine Sierra,Bert Bates in chapter :- 'Assignments'

[Amit Wadhwaa]

int[] b2 = (int[]) o1;

The above results in an error because at runtime o1 holds a 2d array, which cannot be cast to a 1d array

[surendra babu k]

int[] b2 = (int[]) o1;


In that we will get a runtime exception because o1 is a reference of array 'a' which is two dimensional,but we are assigning to 'b2' which is one dimensional array.